"live"recording Usage Of, For Example, Reason 2, maybe i´m going about this the wrong way Options

[skogge]

Hi guys, and girls if there are any ;-)

Need some help here. I´m not a midi guy, i´m a songwriter in the lo-fi, indierockfield that switched the Tascam for 450MP, also used for graphic design. OS is Jaguar.
I use the computer like I would the Tascam, recording old organs and guitarsounds channel by channel. The first thing I record is a basic drumtrack from an external drummachine just for tempo. Since I don´t have a sampler and no real piano (just a wurlitzer, my neighbours would n o t enjoy a real piano...), I´ve been looking into the softsynth alternatives and I found Reason 2. I love the woodwinds, the strings and pianosamples! It´s perfekt for my arranging/recording needs (until someone gives me money to go in to an all analogue studio ;-)
But how do I get those sounds recorded into the audioprogram (for the moment Deck 3.5, another soon to come option is digi001)? My current setup is the G4 450MP running OSX Jaguar, M-audio Audiophile 2496 and Bias Deck 3.5. I´m trying out Reason as earlier stated. Any suggestions? Maybe i´m missing out on possibilities here, stuck as I am in old habits and ways of doing things.

Regards

/skogge

[gorillacake]

Hey Skogge,
Well like I said, Reason can do what you want but only if your sequencer has Rewire implementation, and I don't think Bias Deck does . But if your in the market for a new sequencer I would recommend Cubase SX or Cubase SL (which is a lot cheaper than SX and still has all the useful features SX has, especially if your just doing lo-fi indi rock stuff). Both SX and SL work great with Reason using Rewire. I'm actually in the same boat as you. I just started using a computer to record my music(I used to just use a Yamaha Mt4X four track). Right now I use cubase 5 VST with Reason but I'm planning on getting Cubase SL because I want to be OSX exclusive. Still an Indi rocker at heart, guided by voices, the microphones, pavement(still the shit), etc. the list goes on for miles. Getting into more of the breakbeat/IDM type stuff now though. Well anyways, hope some of this helps. Oh yeah, you might want to check out native instruments Reaktor. This is one bad ass program. You can create your own synths, drum machines, or whatever. If you don't want to do that there's already a nice library of pre-made stuff. Reaktor 4 will be out soon and it will run on OSX. It supports VST and AU but it's kinda expensive. Something to think about.